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the shape of an arch, the upper part of the nest somewhat 

 overhanging it so as to form a sort of awning ; it was with- 

 out lining of any kind. There were six young birds, quite 

 naked/^— J. D. T. 



45. BuRNEsiA soNiTANs (Swiuh.). November, February. 



46. SuTORiA suTORiA (Forster). 

 Orthotomus longicauda, StrickL 



Two adult males J dated jNIay, have fully developed central 



rectrices ; one^ dated April, is just developing them, and 



another, dated 17th November, has them very slightly in 

 excess of the rest of the tail. 



47. ACREDULA CONCINNA (Gould). 



Among the series are six young birds dated 4th May ; they 

 have the crown of the head pale buff, the black sides of the 

 head as in adult, chin, throat, and neck white, and a thin 

 broken black band across the upper part of the breast, 

 below which the underparts are pale buff. Some of them 

 are commencing their first moult and assuming the chestnut 

 crown of the adult, but show no signs of change on the 

 underparts. 



48. PaRUS MINOR, T. & S. 



49. Parus cinereus, Bonnat. & Vieill. 



Seven specimens, of which only two have an absolutely 

 pure grey back. The others are the P. commixtus of Swinhoe, 

 a form intermediate between this species and P. minor, and 

 doubtless the result of interbreeding. In four of them only 

 the very faintest tinge of olive can be detected; on the 

 remaining one the mantle is so green that the bird might 

 with equal justice be attributed to P. minor. 



50. SiTTA SINENSIS, Vcrr. 



Four specimens were collected by Mr. Baun, of the Imperial 

 Chinese Telegraph Company, near Puching, in the north of 

 Fokien, some 300 miles from Foochow. I have not been 

 able to compare them with other specimens, but judging from 

 description I have no doubt that they belong to this species. 

 The British Museum posesses no example of it, but Dr. 



